Bill de Blasio Dante Text Debate Prep

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No one believes Bill de Blasio’s son sent him these debate prep texts

The response wasn't kind.

 

Andrew Wyrich

Tech

Posted on Jun 24, 2019   Updated on May 20, 2021, 9:58 am CDT

New York City Mayor and 2020 Democratic hopeful Bill de Blasio posted screenshots of text messages sent by his son about advice for the forthcoming Democratic primary debates on Monday and no one seems to buy it.

De Blasio, who is among a wide field of candidates who are trying to take on President Donald Trump in the 2020 election, posted three screenshots from a conversation with his son, Dante, about “what advice” he might have for him leading into the first Democratic primary debates.

“Lucky to have the talented, debater Dante de Blasio helping me get ready for Wednesday!” the New York City mayor wrote on Monday afternoon.

Within the texts, Dante makes what appears to be a joke about bringing dogs onto the debate stage. which admittedly would be unique. He also tells his dad to dunk on the stage and to crack a joke about Tinder.

Meanwhile, de Blasio talks about how he wants to “impress the American people by showing them I’m a can-do guy” and how he can “really make my presence felt on that stage.”

A campaign spokesperson insisted that the texts were authored by de Blasio’s son when contacted by Patch. However, the conversation had a lot of people cracking jokes on Twitter.

De Blasio will try to try and make his “presence felt” during the first of two Democratic primary debates later this week.

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*First Published: Jun 24, 2019, 3:26 pm CDT